A/N: This next chapter has been bugging me for the last day or so, but it wasn't until today did I find the right way to write it. Hope you enjoy. Remember please be kind and review!

Chapter One

Huh?

The next morning when Haley slowly opened her eyes she discovered that her head was resting on Brooke's shoulder. As she woke up her dream came back to her and as she looked around without moving she realized that her dream had not been a dream. She discovered that not only was she half naked sleeping in Brooke's bed with her, but her dream that she had slept with Brooke had not been a dream. Haley had been really high the night before and something had happened to make them kiss which led to other things. Haley had never been in this situation before and had no idea what she should do. Haley had never had feelings for her best friend before and now they had slept together. What was that going to do to their friendship? Haley began to panic because she did not want to lose Brooke as a friend over this, but a part of her knew that their friendship was never going to be the same. Even if Brooke did not care what had happened Haley would always remember what had happened when she looked at Brooke. Haley quietly slipped out of the bed without waking Brooke. Haley was so glad that Brooke was a heavy sleeper and that nothing would wake her up. After getting dressed Haley rushed back to her dorm room and took a long shower.

For the next two days Haley avoided anyone and everyone. She had never been so confused about anything in her entire life. Haley had sex with Brooke Davis and she had no idea what to make of it. Was it because they were high? Haley wanted to put the blame on that so much, but a part of her told her that she had gotten high with other people alone too and she had never slept with any of them. Haley was broken from her thoughts when Peyton dropped her tray onto the table and slid into the chair across from Haley.

"What's up Hales," Peyton said, "Haven't seen you in a while."

Haley looked up from her untouched plate of fries and her notebook she was supposed to be studying from. Avoiding Brooke had not been as easy as she thought it was going to be. For yesterday when she had wanted to hang out with Peyton she realized she wouldn't be able to if she did not want to see Brooke. Peyton and Brooke were always together.

"I've just been really busy keeping up with my reading," replied Haley.

Haley hated lying to Peyton, but she knew she would not be able to tell Peyton something that even she did not understand. If she had told Peyton she knew she would have to listen to the questions. They were the same exact questions she had been asking for the past two days. How did it happen? Did you kiss Brooke first or did Brooke kiss you? How did you go from kissing to having sex? Was it because you were high? Do you like Brooke like that? These were all questions that Haley knew would come up and so she chose to stay silent because she couldn't even answer those questions.



"You sure your okay Hales?" Peyton asked, "You just seem distracted."

"I'm fine," Haley lied, "I'm just a little stressed from this test I have coming up."

Peyton looked at Haley for a moment before she said anything else. Haley was afraid that Peyton had seen through her lies and was going to question her until she got the story out of her. However, the only person who had been able to read Haley like a book had been Brooke.

"Well if you can take a break from studying we're all going to be in Brooke's tonight watching a movie and hanging out," Peyton finally said, "You should come and give yourself a break so you don't get too stressed out."

"Sure, I'll let you know what I do," Haley told her.

Haley was glad that for once she was able to get away with lying about her feelings. For the rest of the day Haley kept her mind off the night by going to class and studying whenever she did not have class. Haley had almost forgotten about her invite to watch a movie in Brooke's room until she got a text from Peyton.

U wanna go 2 Brooke's room 2 watch that movie?

Haley stared at the text for a minute trying to decide what she wanted to do. Did she want to see Brooke when she had yet to discover what it was she was feeling? Part of her told her that there would be a group of people there and she could leave as soon as the movie ended. Then another part told her no matter how many people were there it would still be weird seeing Brooke. Haley finally decided that it did not matter. No matter how much time had passed it was still going to be weird. Even if it was a month without seeing Brooke it was going to be weird. At least this way she could get over the weird feeling right away. Haley quickly texted Peyton back saying she was going to go and that she would meet her in five minutes so they could walk to Brooke's room together. Peyton was in the same building as her and they often would meet up together to walk to class or get food. Five minutes it took for Haley to get ready and to gather her senses before she heard a knock on the door. Haley grabbed her bag and opened the door to find Peyton on the other side.

"Ready?" Peyton asked.

"Yup," Haley replied as she shouldered her bag, "Do you know what movie we're watching?"

Peyton shook her head as Haley locked the door of her room. Haley could only hope that someone else besides Brooke had picked the movie. Some of the movies Brooke picked were pretty good but her usual genre of movies was chick flicks and although Haley loved lifetime she preferred to watch comedy and action movies. She knew Peyton would rather watch those as well. Sometimes Haley had wondered how Peyton and Brooke could be such good friends when they were such opposites of one another. Haley had met Brooke through Peyton and she knew that they had both attended school together. They had been friends for as long as either girl could remember. Haley was new to the group but she did not feel any less accepted. But at that moment as she walked across the quad to Brooke's 

room she felt nervous and anxious. These were things she never had felt before when she hung out with them. She knew it was because of what happened between her and Brooke. She knew things would never be the same.

Next time on "Because of You": Haley faces Brooke for the first time in two days, what will happen?

A/N: Again I ask please review and tell me what you think 